Aside from the current Apple anti-fanboi'isms, I switched from Linux on desk/laptop to OSX two years ago. I had used Linux as my desktop and my laptop OS since

Aside from the current Apple anti-fanboi'isms, I switched from Linux on desk/laptop to OSX two years ago. I had used Linux as my desktop and my laptop OS since around 1997 in various incarnations. Stuck with Fedora 12 for any number of years, primarily because of the fear that an upgrade would kill my desktop's flash, wifi, networking, X config etc etc. Yes I should have upgraded more often, but I had better things to do. My laptop was up to date with Fedora, but I still had to dick around to get it to work with external displays, current versions of flash/java (for browser crap I had to use), the stupidities of GNOME3 etc etc. I've been using computers since 1976, I'm sick of mucking around with them just to make something work when I'm trying to do work. Around 2 years ago, I started developing for iOS/Android and had no choice in using a Mac desktop (Mini i7). At first I hated it, but then, everything just works. When it came time to upgrade my laptop, early last year, buying a Retina MBP was an easy decision. As for upgrading it, I'll wait a generation, this round of upgrades was inhibited by Intel's lack of progress on Kaby Lake and Apple's fetish for changing connectors. By the time I upgrade (probably 2 years from now), USB-C/3.1G2/TB3 will be fairly ubiquitous. Docks will be available, good 5K monitors with USB-C to power the laptop. The current crap about only getting 16GB and not being worth the money is just that. Don't buy one. Get a 2015 MBP if that floats your boat. It has effectively the same performance without the "limitation" of USB-C. Have I dicked around with OSX? Yes, I run Karabiner, firefox, magicprefs etc. Reading these comments I found Alfred. But when I install these apps, they install, they work as advertised. Macports has everything I need to get a GNU like env, including latest versions of bash etc. It does it cleanly in /opt and doesn't screw around where Apple wants to lock things down (/usr etc). My MBP sits on my desk closed attached to dual monitors that just work. When I take it on the road, it works when I plug it in to a projector at a meeting. It's a workhorse. I can muck around for fun on a linux VM or on AWS.